"A remarkable first novel... rich in real places and sounds, tastes and experiences. If you are a devotee of offbeat restaurants, jazz clubs and fine single-malt whiskeys, you could use this novel as a travel guide..." San Jose Mercury News

"Fast paced action... That readers will warm to Eisler's ruthless protagonist is quite the accomplishment for a first-time novelist." New York Daily News

"Grappling techniques are vividly described in A Clean Kill in Tokyo's many action sequences... excellent descriptions which make you feel as if you are walking through downtown Tokyo... definitely recommended for your summer reading list." Onthemat.com

"Eisler provides a cracklingly good yarn, well written, deftly plotted, and surprisingly appealing... Thomas Perry and Lawrence Block need not retire their hit men quite yet, but Eisler is clearly a challenger." Boston Globe

"...a page turner with some great plot twists and reverses... echoes of the great Three Days of the Condor, the Robert Redford-Faye Dunaway classic thriller." Palo Alto Weekly

"...a suspenseful thriller filled with double-crosses, duplicity and relentless action... Eisler's experience of living and working in Japan lends realism to his depiction of the compelling intricacies of Japanese society..." BookPage

"Our constant quest for the iconic hero is well satisfied in John Rain... Eisler's story of an assassin-for-hire is a paranoid's dream..." Poisoned Pen

"...the action crackles with the sort of suspense and ambiguity that almost demands a John Woo film treatment..." MSNBC

"A tremendous debut, the best to come out so far this year." Mystery Ink

"... a Zen meditation of a thriller... Like the works of Trevanian or John le Carré, A Clean Kill in Tokyo [is] an East-meets-West take on the samurai/assassin tale, washed fresh by the rain and infused with the neon glow of the Ginza." News Press

"An excellent debut novel." Punch Magazine

"... an original, adrenalin-filled romp through an exotic cultural landscape with an engaging murderer as a guide..." London Times

"John Rain is the best new mystery character to come along since Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch or Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak." City Books, Seattle, WA

"If you're looking for a new author and an ongoing character to check out in the suspense genre, A Clean Kill in Tokyo is the book you need to pick up." BookReporter.com

"A terrific debut... if Eisler gets the sophomore book to work as well as the debut, we have a major talent to look forward to." ILoveAMystery.com

"A dark, solidly crafted yarn." Star Tribune

"...you'll be sucked into a vortex of taut prose and a fast paced description of Tokyo that will convince you that you've lived there..." MysteryOne Bookstore

"...a fabulous debuta fascinating new protagonist, an intriguing setting (Tokyo) and lots of action." Mysteries to Die For